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Applying preventive measures leading to significant reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in adult intensive care unit

Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Gulam R. Ahmed, Asim A. AlSaedi, Muhammad J. Bhutta, Faisal F. Al-Hameed and Majid M. AlShamrani
Saudi Medical Journal January 2018, 39 (1) 97-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.1.20999

Article Information

vol. 39 no. 1 97-102
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.1.20999
PubMed 
29332116
Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received August 9, 2017
  • Accepted December 9, 2017
  • Published online January 1, 2018.
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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Fahad M. Al-Hameed, MD, FRCPC⇑,
  2. Gulam R. Ahmed, MD,
  3. Asim A. AlSaedi, MD,
  4. Muhammad J. Bhutta, MD,
  5. Faisal F. Al-Hameed, MD and
  6. Majid M. AlShamrani, MD
  1. From the College of Medicine (Al-Hameed FM, AlSaedi, Bhutta, Al-Hameed FF), King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Intensive Care (Al-Hameed), from the Department of Infection Control (AlSaedi, AlShamrani), King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Fahad M. Al-Hameed, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: fahadalhameed{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0231-871X
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